invisible primaries
- Created by: hermione
- Created on: 08-02-17 14:08
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- INVISIBLE PRIMARIES - the year or so before the start of the primaries when potential candidates try to gain recognition and money as well as put together the necessary organisation
- begins almost immediately after the last election
- lasts until the holding of the first primary and caucus of election year
- only called invisible because there are few scheduled events held during this period
- candidates will be...
- trying to get mentioned in the serious press - Washington Post and New York Times
- get coverage on tv programmes - NewsHour and PBS
- name recognition
- present themselves to the voters as credible presidential candidates
- cover potential weaknesses in political CV
- set up exploratory committees
- visit key primary and caucus states - New Hampshire and Iowa
- and then they will begin to...
- start fundraising
- v. imp for candidates to court pressure groups and PACs as its v. expensive
- Buddy Roemer backed out of 2012 election in Feb having only raises $340k
- v. imp for candidates to court pressure groups and PACs as its v. expensive
- put together a prospective campaign staff -endorsement
- will look for support from key individuals within the party
- Nancy Pelosi endorsed Hilary 2016
- also from other influential groups outside the party
- will look for support from key individuals within the party
- formally announce their candidacy for the presidency
- Trump announced June 2015- 238 days
- Clinton announced April 2015 - 303 days
- JFK 1960 announced only 66 days before
- Obama announced Feb 2007 - 332 days
- start fundraising
- the primary season is short so no time to do all this and need to do it before
- become more prominent recently with the rise of TV debates
- in 2012 campaign - before primaries and caucuses - R candidates had already appeared in 15 TV debates
- the most important stage of the election campaign?
- since 1988- R's have nominated the person who was ahead of the opinion polls at the end of the invisible primaries 6/7 times
- since 1988- D's have nominated the person who was ahead of the opinion polls at the end of the invisible primaries 4/7 times
- begins almost immediately after the last election
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